Window attachment or fixture.



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WINDOW ATTACHMENT 0R FIXTURE.

APYLIOATION FILED MAY 10, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

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WINDOW ATTACHMENT 0R FIXTURE.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 10, 1911.

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1 A TTORNEKS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND HEROUX, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANCIS X.LEWIS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDOW ATTACHMENT OR FIXTURE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ennonn Hr'iizoux, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Springfield, in the county of Ilampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in \VindowAttachn'ients or Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices or fixtures forattachment to window-frames and windowsashes, so as to permit thelatter.to be swung inward :tor the purposes of cleaning and washing thewindows, or for the purpose of repair.

The device is particularly adapted for use in connection with buildingsthat are of great height, the windows of which are very heavy and arehard to wash and clean from the outside of the building.

The invention consists, in general, of a pair of removable bracketdevices that can be readily attached to, and detached from, thewindow-fl.'alne, which devices are provided with swinging arms havingpins thereon for reception in openings in the top and bottom edges ofthe window-sashes.

The invention further consists in providing a removable parting head sothat the sashes can be readily swung inward for cleaning or repairpurposes.

One of the special features of the invention is that it can be appliedto any existing construction and is readily removable when not in use.

In the drawings forming part of this application,Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the devices attached to the window-frame andsashes, respectively, and one of the sashes swung inward from its usualposition in the Window-frame. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, partly insection, showing the attachment in place before the sashes are swunginward and before the removable parting head is detached from thewindowt'rame, the section being taken through the windowtra1nes. Fig. 3is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the parting bead removed and thesashes swung inward a short distance. Fig. 4 is a front elevation withthe parting bead in place and also the attaching devices in place.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a designates, as a whole, thewindow-frame with the usual window-stops b and the parting bead c, thelower and upper window Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 10, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

Serial No. 626,270.

sashes being shown at (Z and e,(Z being the lower and c the upper.

Referring now particularly to the construction ot the attaching devicesby means of which the sashes may be swung inward: f designates thebar-member on which is mounted a slidable block 9 having pins h whichstand in a horizontal plane when in use and enter the openings in thewindowstop 1). Located adjacent to the sliding block g is a projection jwhich is integral with the bar member f, or is rigidly secured thereto,and has a vertical opening therethrough. Loosely mounted in this openinga pin Z: to which the arm m is secured that is provided with two pins,(as shown at 0,) which are adapted to be received in opei'iings in theupper edge of the lower sash (Z.

The inner end of the bar member f has a projection 7) that is securedthereto and which extends away from the outside of the bar-member f andis provided with a pair of pins which extend in the same direction asthe pins 71, as indicated at 1. These pins are inserted in horizontallyarranged openings in the parting bead c, as indicated in Fig. 2 at s.The outer end of the barmember is provided with a projection orenlargement 25 having an opening therethrough, and in this opening isloosely mounted a pivot u to the lower end of which is rigidly attachedan arm o having pins or secured thereto that are received in openings inthe upper edge of the upper sash e, as shown in Fig. 1..

The eonstruction of the lower bar-meinber f and the arms secured theretois the same as that already described which is located at the upperedges of the two sashes, the only exception being that the pins whichproject into openings in the edges of the sashes extend upward insteadof downward, as readily understood. In order to put the baronernbcr inplace, it is only necessary to insert the pins on the projection 79 intothe openings in the parting bead c, then slide the block forward untilthe pins 7:, thereon enter the openings The pins 0 and w on the armmembers or and 'v are then inserted in the openings in the upper andlower edges of the sashes.

In order to swing the sashes inward, it is only necessary to remove theparting bead :0 on the opposite sides of the windowframe. To permit thisbead to be readily removed, it is provided with pins y which stand at anangle to the parting bead :0. These pins enter openings in the side ofthe window-frames and by simply lifting this parting bead upward it isreadily detached from the frame when the sashes cl and 6 may be swunginward for cleaning or repairs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

It will be seen from this construction that I have produced a verysimple and inexpensive structure for permitting large and heavy windowsto be readily swung inward for cleaning or repairs, and one that may bereadily attached to, and detached from, the window-frame when not inuse.

What I claim, is

A device for attachment to, and detachment from, a window frame topermit the upper and lower sashes to be swung inward, comprising a pairof bar members, the inner end of each member having a projecting pinadapted to be received in openings in the parting bead, a block slidablymounted on each of the bar members and having pins thereon to enteropenings in the window stop, two pairs of arm members pivotallyconnected to the bar members and each of the arm members having a pairof pins for entering openings in the upper and lower edges of thesashes, substantially as described.

- EDMOND HEROUX.

Witnesses: I

K. I. CLEMONS, HARRY W. BOWEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

